Senior Housing

Since 2001, CDS has worked collaboratively with several partners to help grow the senior housing co-op community in the region.

We are a partner in the planning and implementation of an annual conference for senior housing co-op members, managers and developers that traditionally attracts almost 300 attendees from many different states. In addition, quarterly education events for members and managers are also hosted by Cooperative Network.

We have partnered with the Senior Cooperative Foundation to develop the Senior Co-op Housing Education Program (SCHEP), a training program for member-owners. This multi-module training has been delivered to over 3,000 new owners, and can be provided to your co-op as well!

For developers seeking to learn about the successful senior co-op form of housing, we encourage you to contact our partners at Cooperative Housing Resources. This organization has deep expertise and can respond to your development and finance-related questions.

Testimonials

"A group of Minnesota county and state staff looking at how we can collaborate to more effectively deliver our human services programs. We asked Cooperative Development Services to come to our group in April 2011 to explain how a co-op works, and what needs to be done to set one up. They exceeded all our expectations and helped us clearly understand the work we have before us. We will definitely use the expertise of CDS again."

- - Lynn Skinner, CREST Project Facilitator, Olmsted County, MN

CDS is a nonprofit organization created and governed by the cooperative community of the Upper Midwest.